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UAV Payloads
UAV Payloads
n-ask Inc. teamed with Virginia Tech to demonstrate geo-location capabilities of a Ku-Band VSAT terminal on an airborne collection platform with SWAP (size, weight, and power) characteristics suitable for Tier II (e.g. Shadow) UAV. Virginia Tech supplied two UAV collection platform with 6” x 6” x 12” and 10lbs payload capacities. N-ask Inc. developed the following Ku-Band transponder to use as payload:
n-ask developed payloads : Ku-Band transponder
- COTS Configuration
- Input Voltage: 10-24 VDC
- Power: 45W
- Weight: <10 lbs. w/battery (8.5 lbs w/o battery)
- Battery Pack: 150 watt-hours
- Three (3) hour runtime on battery pack
- RF input: 12GHz to 18GHz (actual VSAT terminal frequency: 14.25 GHz)
- RF output: 5.8GHz
- Bandwidth: 25MHz